End-gate.



No. 759,917. PATBNTED MAY 17, 1904.

O. B. REYNOLDS.

END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 26, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 1'7, 1904:.

PATENT OFFICE.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 759,917, dated May 17,1904.

Application filed December 26, 1903. Serial No. 186,561. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER B. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in End-Gates,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and use- I ful improvements inend-gates for wagons;

and it consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations ofparts, which I will hereinafter describe and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a wagon-bodywith an end-gate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of theend-gate. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a portion of the gate. Fig. 4 isa reduced perspective View of the chute. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofa chute-elevating arm. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a portion of Fig. 7 is aside elevation of Fig. 6 partially broken away.

In carrying out my invention I may use the end-gate in connection withany of the wagons or vehicles to which it is applicable, and in practicethe gate will be found particularly useful in that class of vehiclesdesigned for hauling heavy loads and commonly known as dumping-wagons,although its use is not limited to this or any specific form of wagon.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a wagon-body, which may be ofany appropriate and well-known form and construction, but preferably onethat is designed to dump and to discharge its load through an end-gateor a chute which forms apart thereof-for instance, such a dumping-wagonas is shown, described, and claimed in another application Serial No.179,427, filed by me November 2, 1903. a

The end-gate B herein shown swings in opening and closing about atransverse shaft C, and it has a chute D, which may be independently letdown and adjusted to various inclinations. Across the upper portion ofthe end-gate is fixed an angle-iron a, and on the back of the gatebetween this angle-iron and the bottom of said gate are vertical platesZ), which form guides for a vertically-movable slide-gate c, controllingan opening located approximately in the center of the end-gate andadapted to communicate with an appropriate chute, as I will hereinafterdescribe, the said vertical guide-plates 7) having outwardly-extendingflanges d, which taper from their up per ends downwardly and are adaptedto cover the joint between the inner end of the chute and the end-gateand prevent the escape of coal or material through the space which isformed when the chute is let down into an operative position. Theslide-gate c is provided at its top with a bent iron or angle piece a,which serves as a handle, and thereby facilitates the opening andclosing sliding move-.

ments of said gate, and extending from this handle portion down over theoutside of the gate is a spring-platef, having corrugations orserrationsg, adapted to be engaged by an upwardly-curved lug or finger 71,extending from a plate bolted or otherwise fixed to the angle-iron (4,whereby the slide-gate may be held in any of its adjusted openpositions.

At the ends of the swinging end-gate are secured the wings i, whichextend over the rear outer sides of the wagon-body and cover the jointbetween the end-gate and end of said body and prevent the escape ofmaterial over the ends of the gate when said gate is lowered. Across theinside of the bottom of the wagon-body is bolted or otherwise secured aplate j, made rigid with outwardly-extending lugs 76, which are piercedto form eyes for the reception of the transverse rod or shaft O, whichextends across the bottom of the endgate close to the plate j andsubstantially in the plane of theinside of the bottom and forms the axisabout which the end-gate opens and closes. The plate with its lugs oreyes, forms one member of the end-gate hinge, another member of saidhinge being formed by the gate itself having its lower edge bent orfashioned into an outwardlyrcurved form to embrace the shaft C and beingretained on said shaft by an angle-iron Z, which guards the open end ofthe loop formed by the bending of the lower edge of the gate into acurved form, as shown in Figs. 1, 6, and 7. The curved end of the gateis also recessed to receive the eyes or lugs of the plate 7', thusallowing the end of the gate to be brought up close to the outer edge ofthe plate j, which edge is flush with the rear extremity of the wagonbottom or floor, and thereby forms a close joint between the bottom ofthe gate and the bottom of the body to prevent the escape of finematerial. This arrangement also provides for the end-gate being in linewith the inside of the floor, of the body, and no space is left betweenthe rear end of said floor and the adjacent end of the end-gate for finecoal or material to pass through, neither of which features exist inthose wagons where the endgate is hinged to a wooden cross-bar in aplane below the inside floor-line of the body, and

has eyes which, as shown by experience, soon wear into said cross-bar,and thus open up comparatively large spaces through which fine coal willspill.

The chute D lies in the central portion of the end-gate and its lowerend is also curved to embrace the transverse rod or shaft (J, upon whichlatter the chute is turnable in vertical planes. The inner end of thechute is confined between and is guided in its movement by the taperingflanges (Z, before mentioned, and said chute has its inclination variedat will by means of a bail on or like device, which crosses under thecentral portion of the chute and has each of its ends extending upwardlyalong the side of the chute and adapted to engage any one of severalholes formed in the plates 07, secured to the tapering flanges (Z, asshown in. Fig. 1.

W'hen it is desired to use anextension of the chute D to form a longchute, theobject may be accomplishedby the use of a lever 0, fulcrumedon the bottom of the chute D, havingacurved arm p, Fig. 5,reachingoutward under the-chute, and between which arm and saidchute/the said extension may be passed, whereby the plate supports thisend of the extension. The lever 0 is provided with a pawl r, adaptedztoengage the teeth of a-segment 8, whereby the lever may be moved to theright or left to raise or lower the curved arm p to allow it to hold orrelease the extension.

From this description it will be seen thatI have an end-gateconstruction which, though applicable to other wagons,is especiallyadapted for dumping-wagons, and that said gate maybe lowered as anentirety or itschute may be employed in'connection with the slidinggate. The gate structure is simple and strong and well adapted for thedelivery of coarse and heavy material and also for fine material, which,because of the ,close joint formed between the bottom and ends of thegate and the rear end of the wagon-body, prevents the escapeof materialat these points.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wagon the combination with the wagon-body, of lugs extendingfrom the rear thereof in substantially the plane of the bottom, anend-gate having its lower edge curved and recessed to receive said lugs,and a rod passing through the curved edge of the gate and said lugswhereby a close joint is formed between the gate and end of the body.

2. In a wagon, the combination with a wagon body, of a plate securedtransversely across the rear of the bottom and provided withoutwardly-extending lugs, an end-gate having its lower edge curvedoutwardly to form an eye said curved edge forming one member of a hingeand recessed to receive the lugs which form a second member of thehinge, and a rod passing through said hinge members and uniting the sameto form a close joint between the gate and end of the wagonbody.

- 3. In a wagon, the combination of the body, a plate fixed transverselyacross the rear end of thefloor thereof, and provided withoutwardly-projecting lugs, a gate having its lower edge curved to formloops or eyes and recessed to receive, said lugs, a rod passing throughsaid loops or eyes and lugs, and unit- -ing the same, and an angle-ironextending transversely across the gate and guarding the open side of theloop.

4. In a wagon, the combination with the wagon-body, of a hinged gatehaving a discharge-opening, a gate vertically slidable in the end-gateand controlling said opening, and a chute mounted upon the axis of thegate and communicating with the gate-controlled opening in said gate,

5. In a wagon, the combination with the wagon-body, of a swingingend-gate having a discharge-opening, a vertically-slidable gate mountedin the end-gate and controlling said opening, achute pivoted upon theaxis of the end-gate, means whereby the chute is adjusted to. differentinclinations, and angle-irons on the end gate having outwardly extendingflanges covering the joint between the inner end of the chute and theend-gate.

6. In a wagon, the combination with the wagon-body, of .a swingingend-gate having a discharge opening, a slide gate controlling saidopening, a chute pivoted upon the axis of the end-gate, plates securedto the end-gate and having outwardly-extending flanges covering thejoint between the end-gate and inner end of the chute, andsuspending-bails passing under the chute and having their endsadjustably mounted whereby the inclination of the chute may be varied.

7 In a wagon, having a hinged chute and chute-suspending means, apivoted lever having an arm reaching under the chute, and a bar acrossits upper portion, vertical plates or bars forming guiclc-cl'iannels, avertical slide-gate having its edges fitting said channels, means forholding the slide-gate at different elevations, and wings at the ends ofthe end-gate and overlapping the rear ends of the sides of thewagon-body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

OLIVER B. REYNOLDS. WVitnesses H. G. R E, MAncUs BUNNnLL.

